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Malek Jaziri
Tunisian tennis player

Malek Jaziri

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Tunisian tennis player
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Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Bizerte, Tunisia
Age
40 years
Residence
Tunis, Tunisia
Stats
Height:
185 cm
Weight:
82 kg
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Biography

Malek Jaziri (Arabic: مالك الجزيري‎, Mālik al-Jazīrī; born January 20, 1984) is a professional Tunisian tennis player. He reached the final of Istanbul in 2018, the semifinals of Moscow in 2012, Winston-Salem in 2015, Dubai in 2018 and the quarterfinals of Dubai in 2014.

Career overview

Jaziri reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour of world no. 42 in January 2019. He appeared in the qualifying draw at the 2010 Australian Open, losing in the first round to Michał Przysiężny of Poland. He primarily plays on the Futures circuit and the Challenger circuit. Jaziri qualified for the 2011 US Open, defeating Brian Dabul, Michael Ryderstedt, and Guillaume Rufin in the qualifying draw. This was the first time Jaziri played in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. In the first round, Jaziri defeated world no. 159 Thiemo de Bakker in four sets. Jaziri lost to world no. 8 Mardy Fish in the second round. Jaziri has been coached by Tunisian legend Haythem Abid on and off throughout his career.

In 2012, he kicked off his year at the ATP 250 event in Doha and pushed world no. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to three sets in the first round. He fell in the first round of qualifying at the Australian Open to Tim Smyczek. He then reached three Challenger finals in Quimper, Kyoto, and Pingguo to break into the top 100 for the first time.

In his clay season, he made the semifinals in the Barletta Challenger and played his first Roland Garros main draw, winning his first-round match over German Philipp Petzschner before losing a tight second-round match to Spaniard Marcel Granollers, missing two match points.

On grass, he reached the second round in his Wimbledon debut (lost to Kohlschreiber) and also the second round at the London Olympics (lost to John Isner).

He lost in the US Open first round, but later had his best result on the ATP World Tour when he reached the semifinals of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow (lost to eventual champion Andreas Seppi) to become the first Tunisian male to reach the semifinals of an ATP event.

In 2013, Jaziri started off the year in Dubai, where he faced 17-time Grand Slam champion, Roger Federer and lost in three tight sets.

Jaziri started off 2015 making his first appearance at the Australian Open main draw, and beating Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin and France's Edouard Roger-Vasselin, making him the first Arab male tennis player to make it to the third round of a Grand Slam in over a decade. Jaziri then lost in the third round to Australian teen Nick Kyrgios.

Jaziri has been a member of the Tunisia Davis Cup team since 2000, posting an 33–15 record in singles and a 10–14 record in doubles in 41 ties.

2018

In 2018 he played against Gilles Müller at the Australian Open. At Dubai Tennis Championships, Jaziri stunned top seed and then world no. 4 Grigor Dimitrov to register his first win against a top-10 player. Jaziri made his first ATP final at the 2018 Istanbul Open, where he plays Japanese-American Taro Daniel, also in his maiden final.

Controversies

2013

Jaziri was embroiled in a controversial political incident, in which he withdrew from a tournament rather than play an Israeli player. In the October 2013 Tashkent Challenger, tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, he was slated to play Israeli Amir Weintraub in the quarterfinals. But the Tunisian tennis federation ordered Jaziri by email to withdraw from the match, and he did so.

Weintraub said that Jaziri is "a good friend," and that "he really wanted to play." Israel Tennis Association CEO Shlomo Glickstein said: "It is sad to me that these kinds of things still happen. I feel bad for the athletes who find themselves embroiled in such situations, which end up hurting their careers.”

Jaziri was cleared of wrongdoing by the ATP, but the International Tennis Federation (ITF) found that the Tunisian Tennis Federation breached the ITF constitution by ordering him not to compete. The organization barred Tunisia from competing in the 2014 Davis Cup. ITF president Francesco Ricci Bitti said: "There is no room for prejudice of any kind in sport or in society. The ITF Board decided to send a strong message to the Tunisian Tennis Federation that this kind of action will not be tolerated by any of our members."

2015

In February 2015, Jaziri was again embroiled in a controversial political incident when he withdrew from a tournament before facing Israeli players. He withdrew from both the singles and doubles events at the Open Sud de France, citing an elbow injury, after winning his first set in his singles match against Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan. Had Jaziri won, he would have been scheduled to face Israeli Dudi Sela in the next round. In the doubles event, he and Spanish partner Marc López would have faced Israeli opponent Jonathan Erlich and František Čermák of the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals.

The ATP said that they had confirmed with on-site medical staff that Jaziri's elbow injury was genuine, but opened an inquiry, stating: "Given a previous incident involving the player's national federation in 2013, we are looking into any wider circumstances of his withdrawal as a matter of prudence." On February 10, the ATP closed its investigation after extensive discussions with Jaziri and medical staff, saying it was satisfied that Jaziri had a legitimate medical reason to retire from the event.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Finals by surface
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
LossMay 2018Istanbul Open, Turkey250 SeriesClay Taro Daniel6–7, 4–6

Future and Challenger finals

Singles: 35 (17–18)

Titles by Surface
Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (8–6)
ITF Futures Tour (9–12)
Titles by Surface
Hard (13–9)
Clay (3–8)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–1)
ATP Challenger Tour (8–6)
ITF Futures Tour (9–12)
Hard (13–9)
Clay (3–8)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
LossJun 2004Tunisia F2, TunisFuturesClay Dimitri Lorin6–0, 0–6, 6–7
LossNov 2004Tunisia F4, SfaxFuturesHard Ilija Bozoljac5–7, 6–3, 5–7
LossMay 2005Italy F13, GrottaglieFuturesClay Andrey Golubev3–6, 6–7
WinJun 2005Tunisia F3, NabeulFuturesClay Petar Popović1–6, 6–2, 6–3
LossAug 2005Iran F1, TehranFuturesClay Philipp Müllner3–6, 6–7
LossAug 2005Iran F2, TehranFuturesClay Benjamin Balleret4–6, 0–3 RET
LossFeb 2006France F2, FeucherollesFuturesHard (i) Slimane Saoudi7–5, 6–7, 3–6
WinDec 2006Tunisia F7, MégrineFuturesHard Blaž Kavčič4–6, 6–1, 6–4
LossMay 2009Kuwait F1, MeshrefFuturesHard Mohammad Ghareeb4–6, 4–6
LossMay 2009Kuwait F2, MeshrefFuturesHard Mohammad Ghareeb3–6, 6–7
LossJun 2009Tunisia F1, HammametFuturesClay Reda El Amrani0–6, 3–6
WinJun 2009Tunisia F3, KelibiaFuturesHard Mohamed Haythem Abid7–6, 5–7, 7–6
WinJul 2009Georgia F2, TbilisiFuturesClay David Savić4–6, 6–4, 6–4
LossMar 2010Italy F2, RomeFuturesClay Andreas Haider-Maurer3–6, 5–7
LossJun 2010Tunisia F1, TunisFuturesClay Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol4–6, 2–6
WinJun 2010Tunisia F2, SfaxFuturesHard Laurent Rochette6–4, 6–3
WinOct 2010Spain F36, CórdobaFuturesHard Pablo Carreño Busta6–4, 5–7, 6–4
LossFeb 2011Colombia F1, CartagenaFuturesHard Gastão Elias3–6, 3–6
WinMay 2011Great Britain F7, NewcastleFuturesClay Yannick Mertens6–3, 6–4
WinJul 2011Great Britain F8, ManchesterFuturesGrass Rudy Coco7–6, 4–6, 6–2
WinAug 2011Kazakhstan F4, AlmatyFuturesHard Denys Molchanov6–3, 6–2
LossAug 2011Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClay Denis Istomin6–7, 0–0 RET
WinNov 2011Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerHard (i) Mischa Zverev4–6, 6–3, 6–3
LossFeb 2012Quimper, FranceChallengerHard (i) Igor Sijsling3–6, 4–6
LossMar 2012Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet (i) Tatsuma Ito7–6, 1–6, 2–6
LossMar 2012Pingguo, ChinaChallengerHard Go Soeda1–6, 6–3, 5–7
WinNov 2013Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerHard Jan-Lennard Struff6–4, 6–3
LossFeb 2014Dallas, United StatesChallengerHard (i) Steve Johnson4–6, 4–6
LossSep 2014İzmir, TurkeyChallengerHard Borna Ćorić1–6, 7–6, 4–6
WinOct 2015Rennes, FranceChallengerHard (i) Igor Sijsling5–7, 7–5, 6–4
WinMar 2016Guadalajara, MexicoChallengerHard Stéphane Robert5–7, 6–3, 7–6
WinApr 2016Le Gosier, GuadeloupeChallengerHard Stefan Kozlov6–2, 6–4
WinSep 2016Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Dudi Sela1–6, 6–1, 6–0
WinSep 2017Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Matteo Berrettini7–6, 0–6, 7–5
WinMar 2018Qujing, ChinaChallengerHard Blaž Rola7–6, 6–1

Doubles 17 (11–6)

Titles by Surface
Legend (Doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–3)
ITF Futures Tour (9–3)
Titles by Surface
Hard (6–3)
Clay (5–2)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–3)
ITF Futures Tour (9–3)
Hard (6–3)
Clay (5–2)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
WinFeb 2003Nigeria F1, Benin CityFuturesHard Walid Jallali Andrew Anderson
Willem-Petrus Meyer
3–6, 6–4 RET
WinMay 2003Morocco F1, AgadirFuturesClay Walid Jallali Julien Couly
Sunil Kumar Sipaeya
7–6, 6–2
WinFeb 2004France F3, BressuireFuturesHard (i) Issam Jellali Eric Butorac
Petar Popović
6–1, 7–6
WinDec 2004Tunisia F6, MégrineFuturesHard Mohamed Haythem Abid Boštjan Ošabnik
Grega Žemlja
7–6, 6–3
WinJun 2005Tunisia F1, TunisFuturesClay Mohamed Haythem Abid Colin Fleming
Alexander Satschko
6–4, 6–2
LossJun 2005Tunisia F2, HammametFuturesClay Mohamed Haythem Abid Wael Kilani
Fares Zaier
2–6, 6–4, 5–7
WinJun 2008Tunisia F1, SousseFuturesClay Walid Jallali Frédéric de Fays
Germain Gigounon
5–7, 7–6, [15–13]
WinSep 2008France F15, PlaisirFuturesHard (i) Rabie Chaki Thomas Oger
Alexandre Penaud
6–4, 7–6
WinFeb 2009Morocco F2, RabatFuturesClay Lamine Ouahab Omar Erramy
Younès Rachidi
6–1, 6–3
LossFeb 2010Morocco F2, RabatFuturesClay Lamine Ouahab David Savić
Denis Zivkovic
4–6, 1–6
WinMay 2011Great Britain F7, NewcastleFuturesClay Carles Poch Gradin Pablo Martín-Adalia
Morgan Phillips
6–1, 7–6
LossJul 2011Great Britain F8, ManchesterFuturesGrass Albano Olivetti Chris Eaton
Josh Goodall
4–6, 6–7
WinJul 2011Penza, RussiaChallengerHard Arnau Brugués-Davi Sergei Bubka
Adrián Menéndez Maceiras
6–7, 6–2, [10–8]
LossJul 2011Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard (i) Arnau Brugués-Davi Konstantin Kravchuk
Denys Molchanov
6–7, 7–6, [3–10]
WinSep 2013Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Farrukh Dustov Ilija Bozoljac
Roman Jebavý
6–3, 6–3
LossSep 2014İzmir, TurkeyChallengerHard Alexander Kudryavtsev Ken Skupski
Neal Skupski
1–6, 4–6
LossSep 2015İzmir, TurkeyChallengerHard Denys Molchanov Saketh Myneni
Divij Sharan
6–7, 6–4, [1–0] RET

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#APZ#POGF-SSF-BNMSNH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2019 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament201120122013201420152016201720182019SRW–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian OpenAQ1AQ13R1R3R2R1R0 / 55–5
French OpenA2RQ2Q21R2R1R2R1R0 / 63–6
WimbledonA2RQ31R1R1R1R1R1R0 / 71–7
US Open2R1RQ3Q21R1R2R1R0 / 62–6
Win–Loss1–12–30–00–12–41–43–42–40–30 / 2411–24

Doubles

Tournament20122013201420152016201720182019SRW–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian OpenAAA1RA1RA3R0 / 32–3
French OpenAAAA1R2RAA0 / 21–2
Wimbledon1RAA2R2R1R1R1R0 / 62–6
US OpenAAAA1R2RSF0 / 35–3
Win–Loss0–10–00–01–21–32–44–22–20 / 1410–14

Record against top-10 players

Jaziri's record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with active players in boldface.

PlayerYearsMatchesRecordWin%HardGrassClayCarpetLast Match
Number 1 ranked players
Andy Murray201710–10.0%0–10–00–00–0Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2017 Dubai 1st Round
Roger Federer2013–201620–20.0%0–10–10–00–0Lost (3–6, 5–7) at 2016 Halle 2nd Round
Novak Djokovic201610–10.0%0–10–00–00–0Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2016 Dubai 2nd Round
Number 3 ranked players
Alexander Zverev2016–201852–340.0%1–20–01–10–0Won (7–6, 2–6, 6–4) at 2018 Beijing 2nd Round
Grigor Dimitrov201821–150.0%1–00–00–10–0Lost (5–7, 6–3, 6–7) at 2018 Barcelona 3rd Round
Stan Wawrinka201710–10.0%0–10–00–00–0Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2017 Miami 3rd Round
David Ferrer201910–10.0%0–00–00–10–0Lost (6–7, 3–6) at 2019 Buenos Aires 1st Round
Milos Raonic2016–201820–20.0%0–20–00–00–0Lost (3–6, 5–7) at 2018 Cincinnati 2nd Round
Marin Čilić2014–201821–150.0%0–10–01–00–0Won (6–4, 6–2) at 2018 Istanbul 2nd Round
Number 4 ranked players
Tomáš Berdych201610–10.0%0–00–00–10–0Lost (1–6, 6–2, 2–6, 4–6) at 2016 Roland Garros 2nd Round
Dominic Thiem201510–10.0%0–00–10–00–0Lost (3–6, 1–6) at 2015 Nottingham 2nd Round
Number 5 ranked players
Kevin Anderson2012–201761–516.6%1–30–00–20–0Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2017 Washington 2nd Round
Tommy Robredo201610–10.0%0–10–00–00–0Lost (5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–8) at 2016 Australian Open 1st Round
Stefanos Tsitsipas201821–150.0%1–00–10–00–0Lost (6–4, 6–7, 2–6) at 2018 's-Hertogenbosch 2nd Round
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga2012–201620–20.0%0–20–00–00–0Lost (6–4, 5–7, 3–6) at 2016 Summer Olympics 1st Round
Number 6 ranked players
Gilles Simon2014–201950–50.0%0–40–00–10–0Lost (3–6, 7–6, 4–6) at 2019 Indian Wells 2nd Round
Gaël Monfils201410–10.0%0–00–10–00–0Lost (6–7, 5–7, 4–6) at 2014 Wimbledon 1st Round
Number 7 ranked players
Richard Gasquet2017–201820–20.0%0–10–00–10–0Lost (2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 0–6) at 2018 Roland Garros 2nd Round
Mardy Fish201110–10.0%0–10–00–00–0Lost (2–6, 2–6, 4–6) at 2011 US Open 2nd Round
Fernando Verdasco2016–201821–150.0%1–10–00–00–0Won (6–3, 7–5) at 2018 Paris 2nd Round
David Goffin2016–201921–150.0%1–00–00–10–0Lost (6–4, 6–7, 2–6) at 2019 Estoril Quarterfinal
Number 8 ranked players
John Isner2012–201740–40.0%0–30–10–00–0Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2017 Beijing 1st Round
Radek Štěpánek201411–0100.0%1–00–00–00–0Won (2–6, 7–6, 6–1) at 2014 Washington 2nd Round
Jack Sock2016–201830–30.0%0–30–00–00–0Lost (0–6, 4–6) at 2018 Paris 3rd Round
Janko Tipsarević201610–10.0%0–10–00–00–0Lost (6–7, 2–6) at 2016 Shenzhen Quarterfinal
Marcos Baghdatis201811–0100.0%1–00–00–00–0Won (7–6, 1–6, 6–2) at 2018 Chengdu 1st Round
Mikhail Youzhny2016–201822–0100.0%1–00–01–00–0Won (2–6, 6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2) at 2018 Roland Garros 1st Round
Number 9 ranked players
Fabio Fognini201710–10.0%0–10–00–00–0Lost (5–7, 1–6) at 2017 Stockholm 1st Round
Number 10 ranked players
Roberto Bautista Agut201810–10.0%0–10–00–00–0Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2018 Dubai Semifinal
Pablo Carreño Busta201810–10.0%0–10–00–00–0Lost (5–7, 2–6, 2–6) at 2018 US Open 1st Round
Lucas Pouille201710–10.0%0–00–10–00–0Lost (7–6, 4–6, 4–6, 6–7) at 2017 Wimbledon 1st Round
Total2011–20195912–4720.3%9–32
0–6
3–9
0–0
:* Statistics correct as of 19 August 2019.

Wins over top 10 players

  • He has a 3–12 (.200) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season2003 - 201720182019Total
Wins0303
#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScoreJaziri Rank
2018
1. Grigor Dimitrov4Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab EmiratesHard1R4–6, 7–5, 6–4117
2. Marin Cilic4Istanbul Open, TurkeyClay2R6–4, 6–278
3. Alexander Zverev5Beijing, ChinaHard2R7–6, 2–6, 6–461
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